OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23049

femicide

/ˈfɛ.məˌsaɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
femicidio • feminicidio
The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference to loss of virtue but now usually (law) specifically because of their sex or gender and especially such a killing by a man motivated by misogyny.
But when Mexican feminists hit the streets on Valentine’s Day to denounce their country’s worsening femicide crisis, she saw a chance to ensure her mother’s life and death were rem…
One of the most pernicious nuisances of London is the insistence of voluptuaries, who, relying on the respectability of their rank, and the weight of their purse, endevour in open…
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms